CVE-2012-5562
highA flaw was found in rhn-proxy.
Vendor / product: Redhat — satellite
A flaw was found in rhn-proxy. This vulnerability may allow the rhn-proxy to transmit user credentials in clear-text when it accesses RHN Satellite. This could lead to information disclosure, where sensitive authentication details are exposed to unauthorized parties.
CVSS
8.6
8.6 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2019-12-02 19:15
Modified: 2026-10-30 17:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 20 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 17:47 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
redhat / satellite <5.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2013:1392 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5562 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5562 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5562 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5562 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5562 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5562 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5562 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5562 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5562 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5562 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5562 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5562 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5562 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 17:47 UTC · record ↗